Power system for driving shafts



March 19, '1940. F. H. MEssrNGER' 2,194,316

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F. H. MESSINGER POWER SYSTEM FOR DRIVINGV SHAFTS xfilad .um 11. 193e 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 w TNESSES liaitented Mar. 19, 1940 UNITED. slnli'lasA PATENT oFF-ics zcwms.

This invention relates to power'systems for driving or rotating a shaft through the use of a liquid and a motor actuated thereby, an object being to provide a construction wherein a driven shaft may be operated at high speed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a power system for driving a shaft at several thousand revolutions per minute through the use -of a turbine and liquid supplied thereto under desired pressure.

An additional object is to provide a power system using a turbine .for driving a shaft and a power driven pump for circulating liquid through the turbine. l

A further and more specific object is to provide a powersystem utilizing a turbine, ,a pump for pumpingliquid to the turbine, a system for permitting circulation of the liquid through the pump and turbine, and means for eliminating any ,o vibration commonly known as water hammering. In the accompanying drawings- Fig. 1 `is a plan view of a device disclosing a embodiment of the invention, a portion oi' the view` being shown in section for better illustrat- ..25 ing certain parts;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the structure shown in Fig. 1 with certainparts broken away and illustrated in section; l

Fig. 3 is an end view of the pump and as- K sociated parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through Fig. 21 approximately on the line 4 4;

Fig. 5 is a sectional'view through the valve shownat the right in Fig. 1 with the parts positioned to direct all of the fluid through the bypass; I

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but showing the valve positioned to have .approximatelyv half of the iiuid passing. to the point of utilization and 440 the'other half-through a by-pass: I

Fig. '7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 but showing the valve adjusted so that approximately one-third of the iiuid will pass through the by-pass and onethird to each of two points of utilization;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig.l 7 but showing an f (Ci. Bil-'54) ter, to these turbines to cause the turbines-to rotate. These turbines may be ofany conventional kind whereby liquid entering through the pipe 3 for instance will enter into chamber I and pass through openings 8 and 9 into tapering discharge openings I0 ,and II, whereby the liquid is directed at high speed against the buckets or blades I2 of a rotor I3. The rotor I3 is keyed or otherwise rigidly secured to a driven shaft I4. The construction just described is in connection with turbine 5 but it will apply equally to turbine 6.

. The driven shaft Il may extend through both turbines, as shown in Fig. 1, and be driven by both turbines, or this shaftcould bedivided so that each turbine will drive a separate shaft. It will be noted that these turbines are each provided vwith. a casing I 5 secured in any desired manner to a housing I6, whichhousing presents achamber for receiving liquid discharged from the turbine. The return pipe 2 is in' free communication with the chamber in housing I6 and when the parts are properly arranged as shown in Fig. 2, the liquid will quickly drop by vgravity downwardly and usually maintain the pipe 2 lled. 'Ihis pipe is connected with the inlet of the pump I which pump may be of any desired kind, as for instance the construction shown in my co-pending application Serial No. 211,315.- The discharge from the pump I passes upwardly l through a passageway I1 into a chamber IB. 30 This chamber is really an enlargement of autubular member I9 in which passageway IJjislocated.

- A cap 20 is screwed on an enlargement l'or valve body '2| as shown in Fig. 2, which is provided with ports 3", 4 and 26. A tubular valve member '35 22 is arranged in the chamber I8 and is provided with ports 3', 23, 24 and 25. These ports are properly spaced so that this valve member may .control the flow of liquid into thepipes 3 and 4 or into the by-pass pipe 26, which serves to con- 40 nect the chamber I' 8 with the inlet side of the pumpi. A closed container .21 is connected by a suitable pipe 28 to the bottom of the enlargement or valve casingi and opens into chamber la, as illustrated at ze in rjigs. 1 and 2. It will 4 be noted that the container 21, is always inLfree communication with the chamber I8 and, consequently, will prevent any so-called water hammering when the device is in use, as the air in vthe upper part of the chamber is conned and produces a desired cushioning action. The valve member 22 'is provided with astem 30 having a handle 3l whereby the valve member may be adjusted as desired. A pointer 22 is connected to u' various ports in the valve member.

When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1 the ports are so positioned that liquid will move from the chamber I8 into both the pipes 3 and d. It will also be noted that the inlet to the by-pass pipe 26 is closed. This pipe at' the lower end 'is connected to a iitting 2"which connects pipe 2 with the inlet opening of thepump I. It will therefore be seen that when pipe 2S is' functioning it will discharge into meme ber 2' and. thence directly into the pump.

If desired the valve member 22 could be rotated in the direction of the arrow 33 until the port 2d was opposite the inlet end of pipe 3. This would move port 25 away from the inlet end oi .pipe li and, consequently, liquid under pressure would be supplied to the turbine 5 only. By rotating the valve member 22 inthe opposite direction to arrow 33 for a short distance, port 23 would come opposite the inlet of pipe 3 and port 26 would come opposite the inlet of the by-pass pipe 26. Port 25 could be moved out Iof registry with pipe l to the position shown in Fig. 6. Under these conditions the amount of iiuid by-passed depends on the load on the turbine and the respective openings'to by-pass 26 and pipe 3. As shown in Fig. 6 ports 263 and 25 are approximately half open tothe pipes 3 and 2S respectively. The valve 22 could also be adjusted so that pipes 3 and d would be shut off completely, as shown in Fig.v5, whereupon all the fluid would be by-passed through pipe 26.

When the parts are adjusted as just described and the pump I s still functioning all the liquid would return through pipe 26 and neither of the turbines would be supplied with liquid. Also the valve member'22 could be adjusted to a'position so that any desired portion of liquid could be caused to pass through either pipe 3 or d, or both of these pipes and the pipe 26 as illustrated particularly in Figs. 6 and 7. It will be evident that if desired one of the turbines could be completely eliminated and in that case the pipe associated therewith would be eliminated.

The pump I is' driven by a suitable drive shaft,A 34 which may be'electrically connected with an electric motoror other suitable prime mover and may be rotated at any desired speed, as 'for instance 1800 revolutions per minute. This arrangement will cause the liquid to enter the openingsl or jets I0 and II at high pressure and at some considerable speed. By spacing the outlet end of the jets I0 and I I from the buckets I2 the inertia or speed of the discharged liquid vwill be utilized as well as the pressure in causing the' turbine to rotate at a veryv high speed. The shaft u which isfbemg'driveniby th; 'turbine may be utilized ior any desired Apurpose where comparatively small power is 'needed butv high speed required.

-When -the partsar'adjusted'fto the position shown in- Figrland the pump I is operating at its prescribed speed the eiciency of -the power lsystem is at its highest point. Where the valve member 22 is adjusted to cut out one turbine thespeed of shaft Id may be maintained by open-` ing the by-pass an amount sumcient to by-pass the excess fluid but to maintain the pressure suiilcient to overcome the torque `load on lthe shaft. yWhere it is desired to reduce the speed of either of the turbines, or both of the turbines,`

thismay be easily done by adjusting the valve member 22, namely, by turning the same for a short distance in a` direction opposite to arrow 33. -This will allow a certain amount of liquidto passv through the pressure return pipe 26 and, consequently, `will deprive the pipes 3 and, 4 of some of the liquid from chamber I8.

- I claim:

l. A: device for driving one or more' shafts at high speed, including a pair of turbines, a pump for supplying liquid under pressure, tubular means including a valve casing for directing liquid from said pump to the inlet side of said turbines, tubular means for directing exhaust liquid from the turbines to the intake side of the pump, a'valve positioned in said valve casing for controlling the volume of uid to both of said turbines, said valve being formed with ports whereby said pump may furnish uid to both of the turbines or to either of the turbines alone, and means connected to said valve casing presenting a by-pass for return ing in connection with said valve any excess liquid to said pump.

'2. A device for driving a shaft including a turbine connected with said shaft, a pump for sup- .plying liquid under pressure, tubular means'ex- `tending from the outlet side of said pump to the 4fully open bottom, an annular side wall with a plurality of Aports and a closed top, said valve being rotatable so that when in one position all liquid owing into the valve casing will' pass to the inlet side of the turbine, whenvin a. second position part of the liquidl will flow to the turbine and part through said by-pass, and when in a third position al1 of the liquid will ow through the by-pass.` f

FREDERICK H. MESSINGER.. 

